Environment Artist, BigBoxVR

Environment Artist, BigBoxVR Responsibilities:

• Create content, including 3D modeling/sculpting, 2D texture map painting, material setup/UV layout, and LOD creation.
• Layout environments that are fun and beautiful, using modular assets.
• Ensure that art assets are performant and fit within their budgets for draw calls, poly counts, texture memory limits, without compromising visual quality.
• Help define and maintain art production pipelines, tools, and systems to hit high fidelity within the constraints.
• Develop new environment ideas that fit within conceptual designs, technical parameters, and production goals, for a live-service online game.
• Work closely with environment artists, level designers and producers to create and refine high quality multiplayer levels.
• Iterate level layout and visuals with the designers to address playtest feedback and improve quality.
• Closely collaborate with the graphics team to identify techniques and approaches to content creation to continually push the quality and fidelity in the product.
• Work closely with technical artists and engineers to help establish asset standards and innovations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience as an Environment Artist in high and low resolution modeling and world building/layout.
• Possess artistic and technical expertise in these areas: scene composition, lighting, and environmental FX (bloom, color adjust, fog, etc. …)
• Experience with material and texturing for a realistic art style using PBR.
• Hands-on experience with game engines such as Unity, Unreal, or equivalent experience and solid understanding of optimization for memory and framerate.
• High proficiency with Photoshop, Maya / Max, Substance Design, and ZBrush.
• Expert in realistic environments ranging from hard surface structures to organic foliage.
• Proven understanding of asset optimization challenges/techniques in a shipped product.
• Experience communicating with a team and providing and receiving feedback on creative and technical areas.
• Portfolio of highly detailed 3D art with a focus on realistic environments and variety of subject matter (buildings, props, natural landscapes, etc.)
• Experience working across disciplines to balance the needs of stakeholders, and break down complex narratives into simple, compelling ideas.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing and building assets and levels for games in virtual reality.
• Experience with Perforce and/or Git.
• Experience working with outsourcers on delivery and integration of assets.
• A love for VR shooters.

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